Improvement in buckles



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IVILLIAM YOS'I, OF BUTLERVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,232, dated July 18,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM YosT, of Butlerville, in the county ofVarren and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexeddrawing making a part of this speciiication, and to the letters andgures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the .drawing is atop or face view of my invention. Fig. 2 isa vertical longitudinal section of the same.

This invention relates to a strap-buckle 5 and it consists in itsconstruction and novel arrangement of parts by means of which it may besecured to a strap without sewing or rivets, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, A designatesthe buckleframe constructed with the six cross-bars marked respectivelya b c d c f and arranged in the relative positions shown in the drawing.

rIhe bar c holds two buckle-hooks or tongues, c', with their endsprojecting over the bar b, and the bar dholds one tongue, c, the end ofwhich projects over the end bar f. The number of hooks is not a materialpart of this invention. The buckle is attached to the strap by insertingthe hooks c through it near its end, and placing the latter under orbehind the bar d and over the bar c, where it will be securely held andwill not be drawn out by turning or twisting the buckle. The other endof the strap, or the end of another strap, or any part thereof, isbuckled by inserting the hook or tongue c through the proper straphole,and thence turning the strap over the bars b c d e and under the bar a.

The application and mode of arrangement of the strap and buckle areclearly represented in the drawing. This buckle is designed particufWILLIAM YOST.

witnesses.

Witnesses:

L. H. PRICE, P. BISHOP.

